Definitely ich or something else?

Sean Shimer · Jul 30, 2016

Got myself a misbar clown as an ocellaris clownfish and under white light he looks just fine

But under the blues he looks...

blue spotted.

Is it ich that is just hard to see under white lighting or something else

Labridaedicted · Jul 30, 2016

Can't see it myself in these pics, but if it was ich, my inclination would be that it would be more visible in the white than the actinics. If he's in qt, may not hurt to give a treatment, though. Ich meds in my experience tend to not be too stressful on the fish. If he does have it, it seems to be a mild case since it's not visible on the photos. Is it just a few spots or a full on fuzziness?

gashunk · Jul 30, 2016

lets see if we can get some experts in here [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] @domination2580 @melypr1985

domination2580 · Jul 30, 2016

If you can get some better or close white pics it would help. You should see if with the whites, especially on the orange. Are there any like salt like things that you can see?

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

You would be able to see ich if it was there.
It's slime coat is reflecting the blue spectrum differently

4FordFamily · Jul 30, 2016

It's true that actinics will show parasites better sometimes - velvet especially and perhaps brook, but I agree we need better photos in the whites more close up and not blurry to help determine. It could be nothing at all.

melypr1985 · Jul 30, 2016

Can you get better pictures? Make them bigger as well so we can see them? As twilliard mentioned ick would be visible. The other badies could be more visible in the blues, but we want white pictures.

Can you also tell us any symptoms he is showing? Heavy breathing, swimming into the flow of a power head, being reclusive, lack of appetite, flashing, scratching against sand or rocks, yawning, head twitching? Things like that.

Sean Shimer · Jul 30, 2016

Now that i see him this morning he definitely has ich [emoji53]

Still blurry but it's there unfortunately

twilliard · Jul 30, 2016

I'm not seeing ich spots but I possibly see velvet

domination2580 · Jul 30, 2016

I can't really tell with that pic. 4fordfamily if you see it then we will go with that.

Sean Shimer · Jul 30, 2016

So if it is velvet what type of treatment am I looking at. Ich I've worked with in the past, but not velvet

Sean Shimer · Jul 30, 2016

Just looked at velvet online and that is indeed what it is

4FordFamily · Jul 30, 2016

twilliard said:
I'm not seeing ich spots but I possibly see velvet

It looks like it may be velvet but with brook so common in clowns and some similarities in different stages of the parasites could you post a few more photos?

CP or copper is the proper treatment for ich or velvet, brook is a bit trickier